An interview with Korean author Kyung Uk Kim is presented. He talks bout his story collection, titled "Who Killed Kurt Cobain?" and the influence of American popular culture on his work. He speculated that American popular culture is decreasing because Korean popular culture is enjoyed worldwide...
” Kim said in that recent Elle interview, “I worked within it to do something.” Kim Gordon and Bill Nace may be the ultimate insider/outsiders and through their work they are able to bridge the many divides between what’s expected, and what’s actually possible. These are just some ...
The ‘90s brought renewed interest in Neil Young, largely because of the influence his work had on many of grunge’s great acts. Young developed a friendship with many of these bands, including Nirvana. Naturally, Kurt Cobain’s death hit heavy for Young, who penned the title track “Sleeps...
Gordon has spent the past few years recording with her noise duo Body/Head, acting on "Girls" and more, collaborating with Beck, and filling in as Kurt Cobain in Nirvana, among other activities. Her collection of essays on art and music from the 80s and 90s, Is It My Body?,...
To date, it's been revealed that Kim Gordon's new memoir Girl in a Band features her thoughts on Thurston Moore, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Billy Corgan, and others. As Consequence of Sounds points out, the book also features some harsh words for Lana Del Rey. She wrote: "Today we ...
But I am even more envious and admiring of the way the men in Gordon's orbit—from the Beastie Boys, who played with Sonic Youth over the years, to Moore to Cobain, who was very close to Gordon—seem to have taken cues from her about how to be good men. It's easy to forget ...
"What the breach of generations shows is that there's more than one way to be feminist," Gordon says. Indeed, her admirers put her in the same hallowed category in which she puts such figures as Didion, Jane Fonda, and, now, Hillary Clinton. When Gordon recalls Clinton being grilled by...
and forth. When I play with Bill, I don’t feel like I’m actively listening to him but I know what he’s doing; it’s kind of weird chemistry. The music between us creates this sort of body, almost projecting something that’s inside of it…”– Kim Gordon, Interview Magazine, ...